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Hi,
by chance I came over this document. The "Hofheimer Werkkunst" had been run by my father, Franz Fritzen, who also signed that letter (under "HOFHEIMER WERKKUNST Bildarchiv", to be read as "Fritzen").
The signature under "Empfehlung" and over "Diözesanjugendseelsorger" is not reading "Willy Becker" but "Willy Bokler". This man, a catholic priest, had been active in resistance against Nazis
etc and was a leading figure German catholic youth movement. After the war, he became a.o. chief of pastoral care for the youth in the Diocese of Limburg. This is what "Diözesanjugendseelsorger" means. He was also active in a renovation of catholic culture and of general national education, and this is what braught him and my father together. The Hofheimer Werkkunst tried to distribute works of (real) art, especially religious art both old and modern among the people via reproductions at affordable prices. You find a short article on Willy Bokler in German Wikipedia.
Meinolf Fritzen, Hofheim
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